Would you please share your sources used to inform your statements about state revenue, GDP, and income? I am a campaign manager for a Democratic NC Senate candidate and could use those resources for our messaging. Thank you, Karen Puckett
AMEN!!! These two were the worse thing to happen to NC in my lifetime and just like with Trump their legacy will take years to undo. So sad for a state that has historically always been a look leader in the region now we look like SC Mississippi and others
Excellent commentary. What was said about public schools and the UNC System is certainly correct in my opinion. Nothing like using tax dollars to subsidize private schools at the expense of public ones. It will be interesting to see how many seats the Republicans lose in November
Thanks for telling the true story! I wish the legacy media would remember this when they praise Tillis for being so forceful with trump when he’s actually just blowing smoke! He hasn’t really changed. He’s still the same asshole he’s always been.
I think the root problem that is causing Democrats to fail is the lack of a coherent message. If you ask anyone what "MAGA" or Republican stands for, they will quickly rattle off "racist; no government; no public services; no immigrants; big business omnipotent, no women's rights; this is a Christian American-only nation." You don't have to be a Republican to know what their message is. Now ask a Democrat what the message is. That depends upon which Democrat. Mamdani in NY? Pritzker in Illinois? Shapiro in Pennsylvania? (Fetterman in Pennslvania?!)
Until the Democrats have a coherent message that everyone can buy into, we will always be playing behind the GOP's strategy.
We haven't had coherent messages since Clinton (Bill) and Obama. Remember "Hope?" Remember "Yes we can?" You knew what we stood for back then. These days all we stand for is "Not Trump." That's simply not good enough any more; and once Trump is gone, it's not going to win us elections.
Hope you went to a No Kings rally today. The messages were everywhere. Most of them were about saving our democracy in one way or another from a tyrant or king if you want.
I have a vivid recollection of when Tom Tillis led the way to eliminate the earned income tax credit in North Carolina. We may now be the only state without such an incentive and a boost for low income earners.
And NC Republicans continue on the path advocated by Christian nationalists who make no pre-chance of their wish to eliminate public schools.
As soon as republicans took over the Legislature and began with all their ALEC written bills, I knew my state was in for a rough ride. Little did I know how rough it would be. As far as these two are concerned, good riddance go bad rubbish. Let’s make sure they can never reappear on any political stage in NC ever again. They and all their Republican ilk have had their turn at the wheel and have destroyed enough of our great state.
I emailed Tillis a couple months ago, asking him to vote against the SAVE (Republicans' Asses) Act, listing various reasons why. In return, I received a form-letter email from him telling me how proud he was of co-sponsoring it and that illegal aliens shouldn't be voting in our elections. I'd never liked him, anyway, for all the reasons discussed in the substack, but seeing that letter really did it for me. He's occasionally shown some backbone since declaring his retirement, but he doesn't mean any of it. It's just performative.
"They brought clowns into subways in Raleigh brandishing guns and dressed in militia gear." As far as I know, Raleigh doesn't have a subway system. Neither does Charlotte. Do you mean the restaurants? Are you really a resident of NC? You're hurting your credibilty here.
You said so well what I have long believed. As a former Republican, now Independent, I am much more concerned with what is best for the people, rather than the party. For what you said, I say thank you and Amen.
This is exactly why I don't praise Tillis when he occasionally says the right thing. He was instrumental in bringing down our state, especially in regards to education. Of course, the Republicans in power want the people to be uneducated so that they can fool them with their BS.
They can both be thanked for absolutely nothing. Hopefully, NC voters will show up and start asserting their power, break through the lies and BS and rebuild the state.
Thomas: It would help reader's understanding if you capitalized the word "subway" in second-to-last paragraph. I believe you were talking about the time those gun toters crammed into a Subway subshop.
Really? I missed that story. I thought maybe you were accidentally revealing that you weren't really from NC and were trying to drag ICE into the picture. I apologize. A bunch of gun nuts in a Subway sandwich shop. Ok.
Hi Mr. Mills,
Would you please share your sources used to inform your statements about state revenue, GDP, and income? I am a campaign manager for a Democratic NC Senate candidate and could use those resources for our messaging. Thank you, Karen Puckett
AMEN!!! These two were the worse thing to happen to NC in my lifetime and just like with Trump their legacy will take years to undo. So sad for a state that has historically always been a look leader in the region now we look like SC Mississippi and others
Neither one are great American patriots but they both can talk until the power goes out.
Excellent commentary. What was said about public schools and the UNC System is certainly correct in my opinion. Nothing like using tax dollars to subsidize private schools at the expense of public ones. It will be interesting to see how many seats the Republicans lose in November
Thanks for telling the true story! I wish the legacy media would remember this when they praise Tillis for being so forceful with trump when he’s actually just blowing smoke! He hasn’t really changed. He’s still the same asshole he’s always been.
I think the root problem that is causing Democrats to fail is the lack of a coherent message. If you ask anyone what "MAGA" or Republican stands for, they will quickly rattle off "racist; no government; no public services; no immigrants; big business omnipotent, no women's rights; this is a Christian American-only nation." You don't have to be a Republican to know what their message is. Now ask a Democrat what the message is. That depends upon which Democrat. Mamdani in NY? Pritzker in Illinois? Shapiro in Pennsylvania? (Fetterman in Pennslvania?!)
Until the Democrats have a coherent message that everyone can buy into, we will always be playing behind the GOP's strategy.
We haven't had coherent messages since Clinton (Bill) and Obama. Remember "Hope?" Remember "Yes we can?" You knew what we stood for back then. These days all we stand for is "Not Trump." That's simply not good enough any more; and once Trump is gone, it's not going to win us elections.
Hope you went to a No Kings rally today. The messages were everywhere. Most of them were about saving our democracy in one way or another from a tyrant or king if you want.
Well said.
I have a vivid recollection of when Tom Tillis led the way to eliminate the earned income tax credit in North Carolina. We may now be the only state without such an incentive and a boost for low income earners.
And NC Republicans continue on the path advocated by Christian nationalists who make no pre-chance of their wish to eliminate public schools.
Bob
As soon as republicans took over the Legislature and began with all their ALEC written bills, I knew my state was in for a rough ride. Little did I know how rough it would be. As far as these two are concerned, good riddance go bad rubbish. Let’s make sure they can never reappear on any political stage in NC ever again. They and all their Republican ilk have had their turn at the wheel and have destroyed enough of our great state.
I emailed Tillis a couple months ago, asking him to vote against the SAVE (Republicans' Asses) Act, listing various reasons why. In return, I received a form-letter email from him telling me how proud he was of co-sponsoring it and that illegal aliens shouldn't be voting in our elections. I'd never liked him, anyway, for all the reasons discussed in the substack, but seeing that letter really did it for me. He's occasionally shown some backbone since declaring his retirement, but he doesn't mean any of it. It's just performative.
"They brought clowns into subways in Raleigh brandishing guns and dressed in militia gear." As far as I know, Raleigh doesn't have a subway system. Neither does Charlotte. Do you mean the restaurants? Are you really a resident of NC? You're hurting your credibilty here.
You said so well what I have long believed. As a former Republican, now Independent, I am much more concerned with what is best for the people, rather than the party. For what you said, I say thank you and Amen.
Bravo. Everything you said is spot on
This is exactly why I don't praise Tillis when he occasionally says the right thing. He was instrumental in bringing down our state, especially in regards to education. Of course, the Republicans in power want the people to be uneducated so that they can fool them with their BS.
They can both be thanked for absolutely nothing. Hopefully, NC voters will show up and start asserting their power, break through the lies and BS and rebuild the state.
Thomas: It would help reader's understanding if you capitalized the word "subway" in second-to-last paragraph. I believe you were talking about the time those gun toters crammed into a Subway subshop.
Damn. I caught it and I meant to do that and then somehow forgot. Sorry.
Really? I missed that story. I thought maybe you were accidentally revealing that you weren't really from NC and were trying to drag ICE into the picture. I apologize. A bunch of gun nuts in a Subway sandwich shop. Ok.
https://www.wwaytv3.com/subway-restaurant-chain-asks-customers-to-conceal-weapons/